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The World Development Report 2000/01: HIV/AIDS still not properly considered!
Author(s) -
Barnett Tony,
Whiteside Alan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.792
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , development economics , economic growth , political science , virology , economics , medicine
The consequences of the evolving HIV/AIDS epidemic have not been properly considered by any agency. Most existing development indicators do not pick up the impact of AIDS nor do they measure the complex adverse consequences the disease may have in the decades ahead. Incomplete and conflicting demographic and health indicators compound the problem. This epidemic is a ‘long wave’ event and its effects will be seen in Africa and elsewhere for many decades ahead. The result is that development targets may be unattainable and the way development is carried out may need to be rethought in many countries. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.